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Defiance: Inner Moray Firth
Craft (19th Century)
Site Name Defiance: Inner Moray Firth
Classification Craft (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Near Nairn'; North Sea; Defiance
Canmore ID 291867
Site Number NH85NE 8022
NGR NH 89 58
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/291867
- Council Highland
- Parish Nairn
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Nairn
- Former County Nairn
NH85NE 8022 unlocated
NLO: Nairn [name: NH 885 567].
(No classification specified: cargo cited as coal, and date of loss as 15 March 1846). Defiance: this vessel was lost (?) near Nairn. Registration: Sunderland.
(Location of loss cited as N57 35.5 W3 51.5).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 13 December 2007.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 10171
Name : DEFIANCE
Latitude : 573530
Longitude : 35130
Registration : SUNDERLAND
Loss Day : 15
Loss Month : 3
Loss Year : 1846
Comment : Lost (?) near Nairn
Cargo : COAL
